Today’s consumers expect a frictionless customer journey, regardless of whether they are shopping online, applying for a mortgage or opening a new bank account. Delivering such a seamless customer experience will require banks to not only boost their digital capabilities but also to fully transform their business operations to adapt to the changing marketplace.

Compass Plus will be showcasing its TranzAxis Instant Issuance solution at Seamless Middle East 2019 – giving attendees the opportunity to see how they can deliver a fully personalised EMV payment card to their customers in a matter of minutes.

The demo, in partnership with Evolis, will take place at Compass Plus’ stand (C60) during Seamless Middle East on 10-11 April. In order to demonstrate the full capabilities of the TranzAxis Instant Issuance solution, Compass Plus has partnered with Evolis – a badge and card printing solutions provider.

2018 saw unprecedented advances in the investment and deployment of artificial intelligence capabilities within the insurance industry, and 2019 promises to be no different. With the Insurance AI and Analytics USA Summit kicking off in Chicago, May 2-3, we spoke to some of our speakers to gauge their thoughts on the challenges insurance carriers face in implementing AI, and how the summit will help insurance carriers address these issues through holistic, innovative and proven strategies.

Global Data Center, a leading provider of a cutting-edge data center facility in Israel, has completed the doubling of its facility in an investment of millions of dollars.

Identitii Limited (Identitii, Company) (ASX: ID8), an Australian FinTech enabling the secure overlay of transaction level detail on top of financial messages using a private blockchain, has partnered with leading message transformation software provider Trace Financial Limited (Trace Financial).

Saxo Bank, the leading Fintech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investment, and Brown Advisory, a leading global investment manager with a long history in sustainable investing, announced a cooperation to launch a new digital investment portfolio, Ethical Selection in the SaxoSelect universe. 

Refinitiv announced today new research findings that confirm the use of machine learning is pervasive across the financial community and is critical to its success in the future. Ninety percent of the c-level executives and data scientists surveyed have already deployed machine learning, while all of the c-level participants said it is core to their business strategy.

ONPEX, a leading provider of multi-currency IBAN accounts has partnered with international eMoney institution, Settle Go. The partnership will see ONPEX support Settle Go’s platform with its Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) software, integrating new solutions to complement its existing portfolio of financial services.

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that one of the Mediterranean region's most innovative banks, Hellenic Bank, is furthering its digital transformation strategy with the implementation of payments technology from Fiserv.

PrePay Solutions (PPS), subsidiary of Edenred, the world’s leading corporate payments organisation, is partnering with Matalan to launch the fashion and homeware retailer’s first ever gift card solution in the UK.

Launching today across all of Matalan’s 228 UK stores, the gift card solution, powered by PPS, supports the retailer’s three core growing lines of sales; in-store, online, and it’s B2B offering. Meanwhile its new refund solution will support the retail giant to streamline its operations.